Josh40601's Build Thread. (D-ranged)

[RangerSVT]

Sorry for the delay in updates, I've been stupid busy. So, here is the flange on the Tcase adapter that's bolted to the trans...

Here is the Tcase that's gonna get used temporarily. See the problem yet?

How about now?

So, the adapter needs to be trimmed...

Here is the fitment after its trimmed...

Here is another shot...

At this point I pulled the trans pan as someone drilled a 1/4" drain hole in the bottom of the pan, but used a rubber grommet as a plug. While the pan is off, I'm changing the filter. 149k miles and the trans was never serviced. It still had the factory fill neck stopper in the pan. This is both good and bad, good in that I know how many times the trans was serviced and know how hard the trans' life was. Bad in that it was never changed. The fluid was a little dark, but no burnt smell at all, giving me the info that it was not ran hard. It's gonna cost a little more now, but draining all the fluid out of the trans and torque convertor will assure a longer lasting tranny with good clean fluid. All cooling lines will be flushed prior to final install. Getting the filter tomorrow, gotta talk it over with josh about installing a trans external filter for better, easier maintenance...

SVT

 

[RangerSVT]

Rain all day sucks, no wrench time. Need to clear the shop out. Anyways, small update, got the trans filter on and pan repaired. Here is the hole in the pan, you might have noticed it in earlier pics...

Inside the pan, you can see the factory filler neck plug, indicating the pan has never been off. You can also see the fluid is a little dark, but otherwise pretty clean...

Here is the pan repaired and ready for service. New filter was installed, pan was wiped clean, as well as the magnet...

Next up will be the final install of the motor, trans, and Tcase. Hopefully that will get done this weekend, but I don't know what my weekend looks like yet...

SVT

 

[Josh40601]

Hoping to get her back next weekend!

 

[escort_gts]

Hoping to get her back next weekend!

Sweet!!!

Sent from my HTC ONE using Tapatalk!

 

[Josh40601]

Frickin west TN weather is really messing with my emotions though!

 

[RangerSVT]

Tell me about it, I thought we were gonna flood again today with the rain we've had today. Luckily it stopped for a few, but the garden took a second hit. And we still got rain the whole weekend...

SVT

 

[Josh40601]

lame! So do we though.

 

[RangerSVT]

Updates...
I'll start with the parts list...
Motor mount plates made from 3/8" plate, driver side lifted up 1.25"....

Radiator from V8 explorer, fan shroud, and AC condensor...

AC line from evaporator to condensor...

Complete motor...

Spare wiring harness with ECU and MAF...

On with today's progress.

When I got the motor, I had found one that was already pulled, and it shows...

If you haven't noticed, they cut the harness right by the plug for the ECU and the 42 pin plug, what idiots...

This is why I needed the spare harness. So once I had that changed out, I started by bolting the tranny to the motor..

Once that was done, I started bolting the 205 tcase to the tranny, using RTV sealant between the tranny and the tcase...

The bolts for the tcase are standard bolts with no shoulder, so I needed to install a washer so the aluminum tranny case would not get damaged. Some of you know, some of you don't. But to get a washer to fit tightly to a bolt, you can use a smaller size washer. The bolt size is 3/8, the washer is 5/16...

Here is the combo assembled ready for install....

Even the stock VSS fits with plenty of slack in the harness when installed in the 205....

For those with a clever eye, you noticed one of the shift rail poppets missing. I bought the tcase like this from the boneyard, so if anyone has a spare poppet, spring and detent ball, PM me. This is what they look like...

I borrowed one from my other 205 for the time being. Here it is installed..

Here it is going into the engine bay...

It's a tight fit with the shock hoops where they're at...

It's getting real tight, had to pull both motor mounts off the frame, as well as remove the AC compressor to make room to squeeze it in (insert "thats what she said" jokes)...

And here is where my luck went south. When I did SVT's swap, I tried using the stock explorer oil pan. It wouldn't fit, but I also had the motor at least 3" forward from the firewall. I was hoping with me positioning the motor as close to the firewall as possible, that the stock pan would fit, it won't...

A look underneath showing where the oil pan sits in relation to the crossmember...

That's where I stopped today. Got to run to both the parts store and the boneyard to pick up more parts, which consist of oil pan and pickup tube, tranny cooling lines, oil and filters, oil pan bolts, pan gasket, fuel lines, and a couple other odds and ends for this project. I'm hoping to be done this weekend. Stay tuned...

SVT

 

[Kage]

I'm very curious to see how this all works out with the 205 as I've had thoughts of going the same route, But I'm not sure the 205/4R70W/4.88 combo will be geared deep enough for the 37's.

Keep up the good work and the updates!

 

[RangerSVT]

Back from getting parts. After I bring the gf to work I'll get back on it. Ben, the few times I ran SVT on the trails with the 4R70W and 456's on 37's it had plenty of power, but I only had the single speed case, with a 2:1 case it should be better. Gotta talk with Josh on when the 56/20 doubler will go in...

SVT

 

[Josh40601]

Mother fawking gangsta.

 

[Kage]

...the few times I ran SVT on the trails with the 4R70W and 456's on 37's it had plenty of power, but I only had the single speed case, with a 2:1 case it should be better...
SVT

The thing that gave me pause with that setup is that numbers work out the same as my XJ that was running 32's with a healthy 4.7. While that combo had enough power to move it around just fine, it wasn't the best for crawling as it would heat up the tranny very quickly (never to the point of failure). I would assume adding 2k lbs, and 5 more inches of tire would only make it worse?

 

[RangerSVT]

Ben, I actually built a doubler to give me better gearing, but looks like Josh will end up with it, so I'll be building another one. I also plan to swap to 6.72 gears in the axles, so that'll help with the 10" more tire that I'm now running...

SVT

 

[RangerSVT]

Today's updates...
So after running to town for more parts from the boneyard and two parts stores, I made it back to the house for a few more hours of wrenching. First, I had to drop the oil pan and swap it to a foxbody dual sump style. While I had the pan off, I inspected any play in the rods and checked the timing chain for wear/stretching...

Here is the new pan installed with new hardware and a new rubber pan gasket...

Here is the motor in its new home, sitting on the mounts. You can also see the new rubber pan gasket...

Engine to firewall clearance...

Oil pan to crossmember clearance, this one fits much better than the stock explorer...

A couple of issues came up, the engine cage, which is also the coilover mounts, are wanting to occupy the same space as the AC compressor and the alternator. When the cage was built, it was built around a 4.0. Talked to Josh, it will be temporarily moved until he decides to build a new one...

The alternator side...

I also need to extend the 42 pin plug as its about 10" too short. It'll take about 6 hours just to do that...

The ECU, heater hoses, and vacuum lines for HVAC are all hooked up...

Tomorrow's plans are to get the front core support trimmed and mounted in place so I can start on the wiring...

SVT

 

[Robert_1967]

how do you lock the engine in place to keep it from moving forward and back with the long slit in the mounting plate????


Robert




posted using my rooted pill bottle of Prograff.